Foreword
Jeffery D. Long I
Preface
Saptarshi Mallick III
Introduction
John Brockington IX
Section I
Authorship, Genre and Title
1. ?u?draka and the History of Sanskrit Literature: Authorship, Date and M?cchaka?ikam
Nandini Bhowmik 1
2. ‘What is in a name?’: Exploring the Dynamics of M?cchaka?ikam or A Clay Cart.
Debjyoti Bhattacharya 17
3. Genre and Gender: A Reading of M?cchaka?ikam
Nilanjana Bhattacharya 26
4. Analytical Aspect and Appraisement of M?cchaka?ikam as a Prakara?a
Manoj Kumar Barman 42
5. Intertwining Language and Imagery: Exploring M?cchaka?ikam
Saroja Ganapathy 52
6. Onto-cartographies of Text/ Archive: Re(en)folding History, Identity and Bio-power in ??draka’s M?cchaka?ikam
Abhisek Ghosal 68
Section II
The Enthusiasm of M?cchaka?ikam
7. The Art of Characterization in ??draka’s M?cchaka?ikam
Sandip Biswas 85
8. Vasantasen?: The Marginalized Center
Zinia Mitra 96
9. Vasantasen?: Subverting Stereotypes in M?cchaka?ikam?
Naina Dey 110
10. Ch?rudatta: Sudraka’s Dh?rapra??nta Hero
Arnab Chatterjee 120
11. Role of Vid??aka and Treatment of Humour in M?cchaka?ikam
Devalina Saikia and Paritosh Das 131
12. A Profile of Secondary Women Characters: A Study through M?cchaka?ikam
Supriya Banik Pal 146
13. Villainy in M?cchaka?ikam: ?ak?ra
Swati S. Dravid 170
14. To Feel or to Follow?: Reading Emotions in M?cchaka?ikam
Krishnendu Pal 186
Section III
An Assimilation of Religion, Human Relations, Passion, Politics and Revolution
15. Revisiting ??draka’s M?cchaka?ikam against the Backdrop of Political Upsurge and Social Upheaval.
Tapati Mukherjee 201
16. Drivers of The Little Clay Cart – Then and Now: Human Agency and Social Change in the M?cchaka?ikam and its Political Relevance in Contemporary India
Anway Mukhopadhyay 215
17. The Operation of “Art of Living” in Drama: ??draka’s M?cchaka?ikam and Beyond
Jolly Das 231
18. The Relish of Transgression: ?r?gara in ??draka’s M?cchaka?ikam or The Clay Toy-Cart
Partha Sarathi Gupta 246
19. Rethinking Public Revolution in ??draka’s M?cchaka?ikam
Aditi Dutta and Indranil Chattopadhyay 258
20. Hinduism and Buddhism in M?cchaka?ikam
Gargi Bhattacharya 271
Section IV
Towards Comparative Textual Interpretations
21. Prostitution in M?cchaka?ikam
Shakti Mukherji 289
22. M?cchaka?ikam and Bengali Literature: Translation, Reception and Inspiration
Ritam Mukherjee 304
23. Love and Desire in Times of Revolution: A Sensuous Relishing of the Erotic in Girish Karnad’s Utsav
Piyush Roy 331
24. The Gambler in the Empty Temple: M?cchaka?ikam and the Aesthetics of Ancient Indian Materialism
Tamal Dasgupta 361
Contributors 393
Contributors
Author Info
Dr Saptarshi Mallick is an Assistant Professor for English, Sukanta Mahavidyalaya, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri (University of North Bengal). He has been a Charles Wallace India Trust (doctoral) Fellow and an UKIERI Fellow in 2016 - 2017 in the U.K. He is an Ernst Mach Fellow 2019 - 2020 (postdoctoral) at the Karl – Franzens – Universität Graz, Austria. He has been visiting faculty in the Summer Semester of 2020 at the Karl-Franzens -Universität Graz, Austria. He is an Associate Editor of Gitanjali and Beyond, an international, open access e-journal of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs), Edinburgh.
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